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Have you rejected a photo and realized it's good years later?

"Nah," I thought when I originally saw this photo. It was taken on a hike in Icicle Gorge on October 30, 2017.

Yesterday I culled 12 years of hiking photos, saving only the best. Almost deleted this picture. Suddenly I realized I like it.

I look happy, relaxed and strong. Love old growth trees; always give them a big hug. This is a majestic Ponderosa Pine. Thinking of the fires, I want to hug it again.

Have you changed your opinion of a picture years later? Show us the photo, please.

LiterateHiker 9 Sep 17
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I'm judgmental about almost all photos of myself, but give it a couple of years and my thinking changes to, "How young and handsome I looked!"

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Here’s one from my last Africa trip. The people I lived with gave me a mask to celebrate the time I was with them. My major accomplishment was creating an alphabet for them to use in writing their language. It is specifically tailored to their language.

I saw similar masks in the St. Louis art museum last year. They were from the same language group, but not nearly as colorful. I now feel more honored to have this museum-worthy piece.

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Great picture of you, and what it represents ecologically too. But I’ve never seen a bad one of you.

@BudFrank

Thank you. Good point about what it represents ecologically.

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Not a problem I really have, people generally only take photos of cute people. I did however manage to find a couple. A few tears ago when having life problems, I put on some weight, thankfully I made and effort and lost it. At least the earlier photo reminds me of how much I lost.

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When I was a kid I loved playing with the bark from Ponderosa Pines, it reminded me of jigsaw puzzles.

@19dacar52

Couldn't resist taking the photo of Ponderosa Pine bark. A jigsaw puzzle!

@LiterateHiker Awesome photo! Thank you!

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I have lost most of the photos important to me. Take it from me. All of them are special.

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This is a good photo, and it has happened to me too!

@Merseyman

Thanks. Next to that giant tree, I look little.

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I haven't reviewed any old photos, but I'd like to.

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Still ...trying to use film. Could find a few not included in my albums, but too lazy to look, or put them into digital form … especially being that they’re rejects 😀

Varn Level 8 Sep 17, 2020
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You keep saying you are small, but here you are holding up a tree. With one hand, it does not look like you are even breaking a sweat.

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You're always beautiful. When younger, I loathed pictures, now I realize my kids may cherish them when I'm gone and never turn them down. I am sorry that they don't have many from when I was younger as were they.

@Larimar

Thank you, dear.

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You just can't be too tough on yourself. We're our worst critics. There are so few pictures of me, I cherish them all and so does our daughter.
Back in the mid 70's our jug band/string band recorded a record. I never really liked it back then. Then our daughter digitized it and I listened to it again. It's really good and held up to the test of time. Sometimes we mellow and become less critical.

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I tend to avoid them period lol

@MissKathleen I used to be. Then I hit 40 lol

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Yeah, I dislike them more as time goes by.

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I deleted all my old pictures.. I didn't like who I was for a long time.

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I never liked this photo from 14 years ago because I thought I looked old and have bad hair. I'm okay with it now because I now always look that old and my hair is worse.

@Dhiltong

Which man is you?

@LiterateHiker The one with the bad hair......

@Dhiltong

Are you on the far right?

@LiterateHiker I would never claim to be 'Far Right' but, yes.....

@MissKathleen I know, but I’d have to shave every day😕

@MissKathleen Shaving every day isn’t my routine. And at my age routines don’t die easily....

@Dhiltong

Why do women have to keep up with maintenance and men don't?

You know what I mean by maintenance. Maintenance is what you have to do just so you can walk out the door knowing that if you go the grocery and bump into a guy you dated briefly, you won't have to hide behind a tall display rack.

@LiterateHiker Having a beard isn’t maintenance free, it just doesn’t require daily maintenance. It’s more like xeriscaping....

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Not everyday we see you holding a tree up right 🙂 beautiful happy pic of you ,yes it is a keeper for sure

@RoyMillar

Thank you, Roy!

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Excellent

bobwjr Level 10 Sep 17, 2020
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Fabulous.

@UrsiMajor

Thank you, dear!

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